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Failure of cerebrospinal fluid to drain, or be reabsorbed by the body leads to what condition?
hydrocephalus
Most cases of travelers diarrhea can be attributed to which chlorine-resistant protozoan?
Cryptosporidium parvum
A decreased capacity of the blood to transport oxygen
Anemia
This waxy coarsened appearance of the skin is caused by hypothyroidism and the infiltration of the skin by a thick gelatinous substance formed by the bonding of water and mucopolysaccharides?
Myxedema
This fungal infection of the respiratory system is known by the names reticuloendothelial cytomycosis, cave disease, spelunker's disease and darling's disease.
Histoplasmosis
When a person's bones become inflamed, thickened and soft they likely have what condition?
Paget's disease
What gives Jaundice its distinctive color?
Excessive Bilirubin in the blood
What bacterial causative agent is responsible for killing a quarter of the population of Europe in the Middle Ages and is known as the bubonic plague?
Yersinia pestis
When this small organ ruptures it causes a potential fatal infection called peritonitis.
appendix
Real name for Rabbit Fever?
Tularemia
How long does it take for a chancer to appear?
2-3 weeks
15 minutes
Which virus causes German Measles?
Rubella
Whom introduced vaccination or variolization?
Edward Jenner
Doctors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin created vaccines for what?
Poliomyelitis
These are poisonous substances released into a microorganism's surrounding medium by the microbe itself.
Exotoxins
Whooping Cough, one of the most highly communicable childhood diseases, is caused by what causative agent?
Bordatella Pertussis
Which scientist conclusively disproved the notion of spontaneous generation using boiled broth in 2 flasks one open and one closed?
Louis Pasteur
Bacteria that have a preference for moderate temperatures between 77 and 104 are called?
Mesophiles
The term for constant replacement of epithelial skin cells as a method of removing bacterial colonies?
necrobiosis
What viral disease has an 88% mortality rate
Ebola
With instances of hemolytic disease of the newborn, which pregnancy is the unborn child in the most danger?
All pregnancies after the first
Residence of central Asia or central Africa who lack sufficient iodine in their diet are at risk to develop what?
Goiter
What is the condition whereby the spine exhibits a lateral curvature?
Lordosis
What bacteria causes lockjaw?
Clostridium tetani
In cases of an atrial septal defect, which opening fails to close completely after the baby is born?
Foramen ovale
Arrested physical and mental development, dystrophy of the bones, and lowered basal metabolism are all traits of what?
Cretinism
Which blood vessels are most susceptible to aneurysms?
Aorta or large arteries of the legs
An increase in the quantity of white blood cell sin the blood is called what?
Leukocytosis
Of the 5 types of symbiosis, which involves the harmonious action of two microorganisms producing an effect that neither of them could produce alone?
synergism
The sudden death of brain cells caused by ischemia from blockage or rupture of an artery to the brain is called what?
cerebrovascular accident
Which chemical disinfectant was removed from the market after some damaging aspects were discovered?
hexachlorophene
An infection that beings in one area, and spreads to others via the blood or lymph vessels is called what?
Focal infection
A sebaceous follicle plugged with sebum, dead cells, hair, or bacteria is called what?
Comedo
Paralysis of what muscle will prevent the movement of substances in the bowels and cause an obstructive condition?
peristaltic muscle
Which fungus causes thrush?
candida albicans
If a person suffers a compound fracture and as a result of that has a pyogenic bacteria infiltrate that exposed marrow of the bone and infect it, what is the name for this?
Direct inoculation osteomyelitis
Which of the following is the smallest?
Prion, fungi, protozoa, or bacteria
protozoa
Of the 3 types of anthrax, which is the deadliest?
gastrointestinal anthrax
A temporary red spot left from a healed acne lesion is called what?
macule
Orchitis and oophoritis are localized swelling of what body parts?
gonads
Lack of sufficient antidiuretic hormone by the pituitary gland causes the kidneys to constantly pass water in a disease called what?
diabetes insipidus
An asexual method of bacterial reproduction is called what?
Binary fission
This is the stretching of cardiac muscle fibers
cardiac hypertrophy
These are asymptomatic until they descend the ureters
renal calculi
What is a future complication of contracting and recovering from the Varicella-Zoster virus?
shingles
Right sided heart failure is most commonly associated with what type of edema?
anasarca
A rubbery skin lesion that appears during tertiary stage of syphilis?
gumma
What is an idiopathic disease with an abnormally high RBC count that leads to increased blood viscosity called?
polycythemia vera
removal of waste substances by diffusion of substances across a semipermeable membrane is called what?
dialysis
degradation of the myelin sheath surrounding the axons of a nerve cell is known to cause what disease?
multiple sclerosis
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is caused by what microorganism?
rickettsia rickettsii
Capable of surviving for weeks in dried sputum, this rod-shaped bacterium with a waxy, high lipid content in its cell wall causes the oldest documented communicable disease.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Acquired via inhalation of airborne spores from avian fecal matter, this disease is a fungal infection of the respiratory system.
histoplasmosis